Serpens

Observing Projects for Serpens
M22: Globular Cluster in Sagittarius

M22: Globular Cluster in Sagittarius

: By Glenn Chaple
What’s the most spectacular globular cluster in the northern sky? Most backyard astronomers would pick the Great Cluster M13 in Hercules. If you wish to view the finest globular cluster visible from the entire New England sky, however, you’ll have to travel south of the celestial equator to the constellation Sagittarius and its showpiece globular cluster M22.

May Constellations & Folklore

: By Francine Jackson
As the sky begins to remind us that a new month is approaching, we are able to see a constellation that is often forgotten, but much more important than we usually let on.
A Starhop Through Scutum

A Starhop Through Scutum

: By Craig Cortis
The Wild Duck Cluster, M11 is one of the many highlights to be seen in and around the Scutum Star Cloud using binoculars and small telescopes.